Murhyen Kaster Mereck Bindoumou (born 1 September 1988) is a

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lese

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who plays as a defender.

Club career

Bindoumou was born in

Brazzaville Brazzaville (, kg, Kintamo, Nkuna, Kintambo, Ntamo, Mavula, Tandala, Mfwa, Mfua; Teke: ''M'fa'', ''Mfaa'', ''Mfa'', ''Mfoa''Roman Adrian Cybriwsky, ''Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture'', ABC-CLI ...

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. He began his career with ACNFF. After the successful

2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 16th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup (formerly called the FIFA World Youth Championship), hosted by Canada from 30 June to 22 July 2007. Argentina defeated the Czech Republic in the title game by the score ...

he moved to French

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side AJ Auxerre which he left in summer 2009 to join Spanish club

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loan. After his return to Auxerre in summer 2010 he was released.

International career

Bindoumou represented the Congo U-20 at the

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007, the twelfth edition of the tournament, was held in South Korea between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four ...

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and played four games in the tournament.

References

1988 births Living people Footballers from Brazzaville French men's footballers Republic of the Congo men's footballers Men's association football defenders AJ Auxerre players Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain {{France-footy-defender-1980s-stub